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There is no link between using marijuana during pregnancy and increased birth risks, according to a new study recently published in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Researchers looked at previous observational studies that compared the risks of low birth weight and preterm delivery (delivery prior to 37 weeks) and found that it was actually tobacco—not marijuana use—that increased …

New York City law says it’s illegal for car services to deny women in labor a ride to the hospital. But a Manhattan man says that didn’t stop an Uber driver from refusing to give a ride to him, his pregnant wife and a birthing coach in November. David Lee, 37, told Fortune his wife (who …

When I was pregnant with my first child 12 years ago, I regularly placed headphones on my stomach while I sat for hours at my work computer. My unborn child was regularly treated to a sophisticated medley of the great classical works by Bach, Beethoven and Mozart (and well, let’s be honest here, a whole lot …

#tbt #whoader lol seems like years ago! A photo posted by TheShadyColemans (@theshadycolemans) on May 29, 2014 at 4:35pm PDT Pregnancy news is always a surprise, but it left a 29-year-old transgender man especially stunned. When Kayden Coleman of Philadelphia went to the doctor for a bloated stomach and aching back in 2013, he never …

A 16-year-old Michigan girl fooled her family, friends and boyfriend into thinking she was pregnant with triplets with the help of a website called FakeABaby.com that sells ultrasound photos, silicone pregnancy bellies and positive pregnancy tests. The high schooler from Wyandotte pulled off the hoax for 10 months until some became suspicious and now local police …

A message for the haters…Hey guys! Once more, I have to get something off my chest. So, the nature of my job makes… Posted by Katie Fehlinger on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 A pregnant Philadelphia meteorologist is standing up against hateful viewers who criticized her bulging belly bump. Katie Fehlinger is carrying twin girls and still …

A Chilean medical team was shocked when they took a close look at an X-ray from a woman who is at least 90 years old, and noticed a fetus filling her entire abdominal cavity, according to the BBC. The woman came into the hospital in San Antonio after a major fall and doctors ordered tests. …

A 65-year-old became the oldest woman in Israel to give birth. Haya Shahar, a hassidic woman from Bnei Brak, had longed for children for years and was unable to get pregnant during her 46-year marriage to 67-year-old Shmuel, the Jerusalem Post reports. Shahar finally became pregnant through by in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and the Post assumes she had the procedure …

It’s extremely rare for a baby to be born pregnant and occurs in only 1 in about 500,000 births. Now, a new study is bringing new attention to this unusual condition. In the February issue of the Hong Kong Medical Journal, Dr. Yu Kai-man, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, writes about how …

Most pregnant women spend nine months fretting over the health of their baby, worrying about eating the right foods, anxious about sharing the news with their boss. Katie Kropas of Weymouth, Mass., missed all of that. Kropas, 23, didn’t even know she was pregnant until an hour before she gave birth to her daughter on …